> The LEGO 5K at the company’s US headquarters in Enfield is notorious for selling out very quickly, because it’s also known for having some of the best race swag around, if you’re into toys featuring DC Comics and Ninjago characters. I knew I wanted to do it once, and it finally worked out this […]
Entries from September 2018
169 Towns #80: Enfield
September 23rd, 2018 · Comments Off on 169 Towns #80: Enfield
169 Towns #79: Colchester
September 21st, 2018 · Comments Off on 169 Towns #79: Colchester
A nice little race in Colchester, up the coast and inland. It featured a flat course that quickly got out into farm country, past what looked like tobacco barns, perhaps? I pressed the whole time, and came in 8th, finally managing to win my age group. I was pretty beat at the end, and the […]
169 Towns #78: Suffield
September 10th, 2018 · Comments Off on 169 Towns #78: Suffield
This race took me up north of Hartford, past the Bradley airport terminal, past the airport runways, and the air museum. All of the sudden, things got quiet, and I came into Suffield, a nice little town, and to its high school. Farm country. Hilly. The 10K runners left a half hour before on a […]
169 Towns #77: Stamford
September 5th, 2018 · Comments Off on 169 Towns #77: Stamford
At this point, I’ve take taken care of nearly everything between New Haven in the New York line, but Stamford and Greenwich, my old stomping grounds, remain. Today’s Labor Day race, at the JCC of Stamford, was very well attended and obviously a big community event. It was a warm day; I’d have preferred it […]
